Metal Archives or Encyclopaedia Metallum is most likely one of the most important information and source sites for metalheads and metal magazines alike. At the moment there are nearly 130.000 metal bands listed and hold informations like origin and founding date, info about releases, bandmembers and lets the user dive deep into the history of the listed combos. As we are currently working on our top secret project in cooperation with Metal Archives, we wanted to get some more insights about the page. Time for us to interview „Derigin“, who is a staff member and administrator at metal archives for over 10 years and who has used MA since 2003.

Morten Kaalhus aka „Morten Shax“ has quite a story to tell. As Singer of Urgehal, Beastract and Hagl he already had an undeniable impact, not only on the norwegian scene. With Endezzma, he is about to take his art to the next level. Time for us to ask the important questions!

Laura Künnap is a name you maybe have never heard of when you aren’t familiar with the estonian scene -but most of the people there (and most likely in Scandinavia) have already seen her art. Laura is indeed a creative mastermind that created the latest Hard Rock Laager Event posters, a lot of band artwork and has her own etsy-shop for fine “morbid” art. Time for Undergrounded to take another look behind the curtains of the estonian scene!

Janne Vuorela might not be a name that you have already heard of, but this might change soon. As we have just recently had a deeper dive into the persian/far eastern scene with our interview with Magus and the review of Paganland, we have heard about a project called „Persian Black Metal Story“. This soon-to-be first documentary from Janne Vuorela is depicting the Black Metal scene in Persia in general as well as the story of an outstanding persian artist in particular. We wanted to know more about Janne and of course about his project.

Sometimes the written word is mightier than the music! This saying (I just made up) shows nevertheless, that there are projects beside music, which are very important for the scene and art. Dayal Patterson, founder of Cult Never Dies (which is a publishing house and clothing company) chose a rather unconquered path to support extreme music.